"Laser effect in wargames" Topic

Do you represent laser targeting/fire in you wargames?

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Literal LASERs? Not unless the scenario establishes there is considerable suspended particulate matter in the air. Otherwise, an actual laser beam is invisible.

Now blasters, phasers, super-mega-death-ray beams… those might produce visible beams, as we don't know what the heck they actually are. But even then, I haven't ever consider making a visible representation. Seems they'd be too ephemeral to mark, being instantaneously appearing and disappearing beams.

As a caveat, the range rulers for X-Wing are printed blaster beams.

Love the Flora !!!

Thanks, Parzival for the thoughts!
Thanks, Legion 4! More will follow soon.

I handle lasers the same way as Parzival.

We do sometimes use laser pointers to confirm line of sight in complex terrain.

I am with Oberlindes! +1!

(I do explosions too!)

I like those blasters effects.
This would be another interesting topic: what "effects" do we employ in sci-fi wargames. Explosions, spells (tehnomancer?), destroyed buildings, dust from vehicles crossing a desert, or other things for a little spark, more for the visuals, less for the rules (but dust can affect line of sight, explosions too and can have even suppression effect).

Dice maybe?